Video: Cop Writes Ticket for Selling Hot Dogs without a Permit Then Takes the Cash

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Video: Cop Writes Ticket for Selling Hot Dogs without a Permit Then Takes the Cash

Civil forfeiture, which allows police to permanently seize assets from suspects as part of an investigation, has risen dramatically in recent years.

But rarely has the controversial process been visualized more starkly than this video shot in Berkeley, California over the weekend, in which Officer Sean Aranas writes a man a ticket for selling hot dogs without a permit and then opens up the man's wallet and removes every bit of cash.